Moon Chang-keuk Says He Doesn't Want to Be 'Stumbling Block' for Park

SEOUL—South Korean President Park Geun-hye's latest nominee for prime minister withdrew his name from consideration Tuesday following a public uproar over comments he had made that were seen as justifying Japan's colonization of the Korean peninsula.

Moon Chang-keuk, the second unsuccessful pick by Ms. Park for the prime ministerial job, told a nationally televised news conference that he decided to pull out so he wouldn't be "a stumbling block" to her. The move was the latest setback to Ms. Park's efforts to...